[veggiemama4]

I was just wondering if any mamas avoid sleeping on their bellies even this early on in the pregnancy or if you think it is wrong/taboo?

 

[risen_joy]

I slept on my belly as long as I could. Now that ds is 11 1/2 mo (and #2 is due in March - WHOO HOO!!!) I am BANNED from doing so! Actually since ds was born since it really decreases milk supply. All I know is it somehow keeps the ole boobs from filling up so well.

: Man do I miss sleeping on my tummy though!!!

Ellie

 

[Savmay]

i sometimes sleep on my belly for part of the night. From what i understand, just be comfortable at this phase. Your little one is far too small to be squished at this point and you can't impinge any major arteries with uterine size yet.

 

[amj'smommy]

I just can't bring myself to even though I normally love to sleep on my belly. I know everyone says its safe and all but I'm just a constant worrier about silly things

 

[dividedsky]

i sleep however is comfortable... from what i hear it's ok to do so this early in the game. i usually fall asleep on my stomach and wake up on my back for some reason.

as of late, laying on my right side (which is how i normally fall asleep) is not so good. it seems early on for it to bother me, but it does in a slight, annoying tug-y cramp-y kinda way, so i avoid it generally...

 

[Lisie]

I sleep on my belly! It does seem to be the most comfortable position to a lot of the time right now. I'm not worried about it because I am tossing and turning so much to try to get comfortable these days that I'm never in the same position for very long. But if I can get two comfortable hours out of it at night, I do it!

 

[didkisa]

I can't lay on my tummy...my breasts are waaaaaay too sore for that. Never been much of a belly sleeper anyway. Now I also can't sleep on my back for too long because the front of my right thigh keeps going numb (same if I sit too long, too). Side sleeping seems the only way to go, but I can't keep in that position too long...I'm a restless sleeper. Don't know how that's going to work with cosleeping...

 

[hapahaolegirl]

I sleep on my belly but I put one leg up a little to give me a bit of leverage and it's really comfy!

Kristen

 

[colobus237]

I will if it's comfortable. It's certainly not gonna hurt the baby

It seems to make me feel more sick to my stomach, though. Getting comfortable in bed is difficult...I've never been nauseous at night before.

 

[poep]

Hi -- visiting from February. I actually asked the same question a couple of weeks back and there were a lot of responses. Lots of people seem to sleep on the stomachs, even those who are much further along than we are. Do a search on the February DDC if you are interested.

 

[chemE_momE]

I am still sleeping on my belly. I put one leg on a body pillow so I am tilted to the side a little bit, but sometimes I wake up flat on my belly. It is still comfy for me at this point. We also have a soft pillow-top mattress, so my belly has room to kind of sink down into the bed.

 

[coopnwhitsmommy]

I have to tilt myself, this is my 3rd pregnancy (to make it past 6wks woo hoo!) so everything is "blooming" faster. I feel like I'm laying on a baloon if I lay flat on my tummy.

 

[PrinceE&LsMom]

No not here only because it hurts already. When I had a pap back in May they told me I have a large uterus and I wasn't even preggo yet. So now at 10 weeks it must be huge lol.

 

[Mavournin]

I am and I think I need to stop. I wake up in the morning feeling crampy and this morning it was accompanied by some brown discharge...

 

[kerikadi]

I think you should sleep however you are comfortable. I sleep on my back throughout pregnancy because that is where I am most comfortable.

Keri